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Hot Chip Announce UK Tour

• 2nd Nov 2009

The brilliant indefatigable 5 headed pop colossus that is Hot Chip have announced a return to the live arena with a UK tour in February that will span the length and breadth of the UK culminating in two back to back shows at Brixton Academy on February 26th & 27th (live dates listing below).

Furthermore, in a message posted on their website the quintet of Alexis Taylor, Joe Goddard, Al Doyle, Felix Martin and Owen Clarke also revealed that they were putting the ‘finishing touches’ to their fourth studio album. The new, as yet untitled album is the follow up to 2007s gold-selling ‘Made In The Dark’ and although very few details of the album’s sound / direction are clear, being a Hot Chip album it’s inevitably going to be full of devious musical experimentation, killer pop hooks, heartfelt & soulful introspection and naturally, more than a few surprises.

The full message as posted on Hotchip.co.uk is as follows:

“As events relentlessly continue to unfold inside the confines of Camp Hot Chip, we can reveal some diverting facts and interesting details of our plans for next year. There will be a new album, set for release in early parts of next year, to warm the cockles of your soul right in the middle of the bleak mid-winter. We're just completing the finishing touches right now, and we're also gearing up for a return, possibly triumphant, to the live arena, as a UK tour is also in the offing for February. If any of that information floats your boat, then you can sign up to pre-order the album, get tickets for the tour and receive a new track at link”

LIVE DATES

February

12th – Glasgow O2 Academy

13th – Edinburgh Picture House

15th – Nottingham Rock City

16th – Leeds O2 Academy

18th – Newcastle O2 Academy

19th – Manchester Academy

20th – Birmingham O2 Academy

22nd – Bournemouth O2 Academy

23rd – Bristol O2 Academy

24th – Norwich UEA

26th – London O2 Brixton Academy

27th – London O2 Brixton Academy